回答问题
Give water, save lives
A
bottle of water may not seem like much to you, but thousands of bottles will be
of great help for people who live in drought-hit(遭受旱灾)
areas in China.
Since
last autumn, there has been very little rain in Southwest China. Some places, especially
in Yunnan, Guangxi, Sichuan, Guizhou, have experienced a serious drought. Crops
(庄稼) died, the land cracked(裂开), and wells (井) and rivers dried up. More than 20 million people are having difficulty
in finding safe drinking water.
After
learning about the drought, many people around the country helped by giving water,
money and other things.
Last
week, every member of the Communist Youth League (共青团员) and Young Pioneers(少先队员) were encouraged to
give one bottle of water to the drought-hit areas. Students in primary schools and
middle schools quickly joined the activity. In Yuhua Primary School in Xi' an, 900
students bought over 1,000 bottles of water with their pocket money. They also wrote
their wishes on the bottles.
The
serious drought has also made students realize the importance of saving water. Students
from Nanshan Middle School in Huizhou, Guangdong went on the street to tell people
to take part in water-saving activities.
"I've
heard that some children in drought-hit areas don't have enough drinking water.
They have to drink muddy ( 含有泥土的 ) water. I feel really
sad about that," said one student. "I decide to take a shower twice a
week instead of every day to save water," he said.
